The famous "Blue Marble" image of Earth from space now has a nighttime complement.
New photos, called the "Black Marble" series, were released by NASA and show gorgeous views of Earth at night.
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The famous "Blue Marble" image of Earth from space now has a nighttime complement. New photos, called the "Black Marble" series, were released by NASA and show gorgeous views of Earth at night.
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The images are composites of cloud-free images, taken by a satellite launched last October by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The sensor on the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite is sensitive enough to detect the glow produced by the Earth's atmosphere at night.